Knowing which PS5 Pro games are coming to the console is a decisive factor in whether the $700 mid-generation refresh is worth buying over a base PS5 when it arrives on Nov. 7.
First, know the PS5 Pro will have no exclusive games or accessories, and that everything released on PS5 will work on a PS5 Pro. So what exactly are you getting with a PS5 Pro?
As with the PS4 Pro before it, developers can release upgraded versions of their titles to take advantage of the more powerful hardware. And, if they don’t, all games (including PS4 titles) can take advantage of a “Game Boost” mode, even without a bespoke PS5 Pro version.
This guide explains all confirmed PS5 Pro games so far from both first and third-parties, and any specific upgrades we know about.
What PS5 Pro game upgrades can we expect?
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Unlike the PS4 Pro, which was catering to the then-burgeoning 4K television market, the PS5 has no specific selling point to hang its hat on. (8K is too far out for mass market appeal; one for the PS6 Pro, perhaps?)
Instead, it’s pitching three (or as Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5 calls them, the “big three”); a larger GPU (graphics processing unit), improved ray tracing, and AI-driven upscaling — with the broad aim to combine the higher framerates of a performance mode without sacrificing the visual quality a fidelity mode would provide.
Thanks to a Digital Foundry pre-release specs deep dive, we have a good idea of what this all means in practice. For example, don’t expect every game to now offer 60 frames per second with the PS5 Pro’s specs, as the CPU / processing speed upgrade is at a rather modest 10% (compared to the PS4 Pro’s 33% increase over the base PS4), suggesting we can expect additional stability than significantly higher frame-rates.
However, the graphics boost appears significant on paper, going from 10.23 teraflops to 33.5 (though in real terms, this could be closer to a 45% bump), while ray tracing will be twice to three times as fast as a standard PS5. Meanwhile, the bespoke upscaler (named PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) that uses AI machine learning can help reach higher resolutions. Finally, though a 1.2GB increase in memory is also coming, it sounds like that’ll be eaten up by the aforementioned ray tracing and upscaler tech.
Ultimately, how developers will exactly make use of the upgraded tech will vary from game-to-game. So with all this in mind — which games will support the PS5 Pro’s new specs, and what do we know of their upgrades ahead of release?
Confirmed PS5 Pro upgraded first-party games
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The following games from Sony’s first-party studios will be given PS5 Pro-specific upgrades, and will be available alongside the PS5 Pro at launch unless otherwise stated:
- Gran Turismo 7 (supports ray traced reflections between cars in gameplay at 4K 60fps, and a dedicated 8K mode, according to CNET)
- Horizon Forbidden West (as well as an overall “detail boost,” there are “improvements to lighting and visual effects” and to “hair and the skin in cinematics,” according to Mark Cerny)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (high resolutions and detail at a distance, including to trees and procedural cars)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (distant details will be more clear, such as during the opening parade scene)
- The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered (offers greater visual detail at 60 frames per second, including sharper details at a distance)
- Demon’s Souls (no specific enhancements outlined)
Confirmed PS5 Pro upgraded third-party games
The following games from third-party studios will be given PS5 Pro-specific upgrades, and will be available alongside the PS5 Pro at launch unless otherwise stated:
- Alan Wake 2
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- F1 24 (new ray tracing detail, such as during rainy weather where “rain on the pavement reflected the car and the sky”, according to CNET)
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Hogwarts Legacy (offers better ray tracing, “a greater variety of reflective surfaces, and further realism in the casting of shadows”)
- The Crew Motorfest
- The First Descendant
You can take a first look at Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s PS5 Pro version on X (formerly Twitter).
Remember, even if a game isn’t mentioned in one of the above lists, all games are playable on PS5 Pro, whether as they are currently or through an optional “Game Boost” mode will be available to all existing PS4 and PS5 games — it just means they simply won’t take advantage of the hardware in the same way a bespoke PS5 Pro version of the game will.